A Columbia-led team has received an award of up to $5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop HARMONI—an AI-powered wearable monitoring system designed to give clinicians continuous, objective insight into the health of mother and baby during labor. The technology used to monitor babies during labor has changed remarkably little since electronic fetal monitoring was introduced in the late 1960s. The new effort aims to change that.
The goal of the project is to provide clinicians with more actionable information when timely decisions matter most. “This project has a very special place in my heart,” said Xia Zhou, associate professor of computer science at Columbia Engineering, who serves as co-lead principal investigator and technical co-lead. “As a mother of two, I have experienced firsthand how stressful and uncertain labor can be, even with excellent medical care.”
Caroline Walker Bynum, University Professor Emerita, is the author of nine books, including Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion. She spoke with fellow historian and former mentee Alizah Holstein (BC’98) about writing, mentorship, and the long arc of intellectual formation.
Bringing together artists, scholars, activists, and museum professionals from varied fields and backgrounds, Politics of Visual Arts in a Changing World, 2014-2024, edited by Columbia Global Senior Advisor Vishakha Desai, explores the recent intersections between visual art and social movements.
New research from Columbia Public Health finds that the abrupt cessation of foreign aid in January 2025 disrupted health and humanitarian systems worldwide, with disproportionate impacts on women, girls, and other marginalized populations.
The transition from military service to college can feel daunting, but for one week each summer, the Warrior-Scholar Project Academic Boot Camp helps enlisted service members and veterans rediscover what they're capable of in the classroom.
For Marco Tedesco, research professor at Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the question is no longer whether researchers should engage with AI, but whether they can do so without surrendering their judgment, ethics, or curiosity.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been responding to a fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the country. New data from Columbia’s Center for Integrated Earth System Information and GRID3, an independent nonprofit, aims to give responders a more accurate view of the affected area.
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